Escalade (ESCA) Competitors

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) and Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Do analysts prefer ESCA or FNKO?

Funko has a consensus target price of $9.88, indicating a potential upside of 125.46%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Funko is more favorable than Escalade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Escalade	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ESCA or FNKO?

Escalade has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Escalade	$251.51M	0.70	$12.99M	$0.98	13.08
Funko	$1.05B	0.23	-$14.72M	-$0.37	-11.84

Which has more risk & volatility, ESCA or FNKO?

Escalade has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ESCA or FNKO?

In the previous week, Funko had 9 more articles in the media than Escalade. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Funko and 5 mentions for Escalade. Escalade's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Funko's score of 0.34 indicating that Escalade is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Escalade	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Funko	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ESCA or FNKO?

65.2% of Escalade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of Escalade shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Funko shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ESCA or FNKO more profitable?

Escalade has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Funko's net margin of -1.92%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.49% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Escalade	5.54%	7.49%	5.39%
Funko	-1.92%	-5.01%	-1.60%

Summary

Escalade beats Funko on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.